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 Medications
at School
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL PARENTS 0F CHILDREN RECEIVING
MEDICATION IN SCHOOL
School Board Policy 5406, Use of Medication, adopted December 2, 2002
and revised February 28, 2005, requires that some changes be made in the
way medications are given to students in school.
Students are not permitted to carry prescription or over- the-counter
medications to school. If any medication is required to be given at school,
the parent or guardian must deliver the medication and any necessary refills
to the nurse’s office. Nurses will no longer be able to dispense
medications that are brought to school by students.
Medications may be given in school when failure to take the medication
would jeopardize the health of the student, and when the student would not
be able to attend school if the medication was not available. The initial
dose of a medication may not be given school.
Epipens and inhalers are considered emergency medications, and may be
carried by the student if a physician’s request form is on file in the
nurse’s office. Students must sign a medication log in the nurse's office
each time a does is self-administered.
Other medication procedures remain the same:
- Medications and refills may only be delivered to the nurse’s office
by a parent or guardian in the original pharmacy container with the
original label attached.
- Short term prescription medications (less than 10 consecutive school
days), must be delivered to the nurse’s office by the parent or guardian
in the original prescription bottle with a label including the name
of the student, date of prescription, time and dose to be given, and
the name of the doctor. A note from the parent or guardian requesting
administration must also be present, but a separate physician’s order
is not necessary.
- Long term (over 10 consecutive school days) prescription medications
and over-the-counter medications will be administered only with specific
written order from a physician. The medication must be provided to the
nurse’s office by the parent or guardian in the original labeled container
including the name of the student, date of prescription, time and dose
to be given, and the name of the doctor. A change in dose requires a
new physician’s order.
- If the date on any prescription is more than one year old, or if a
medication has expired, the medication will not be given. Requests for
medication administration by parents and physicians must be renewed
each school year.
- All medications must be picked up from the nurse’s office during the
last week of school by the parent or guardian. Medications remaining
after the last day will be destroyed
- Acetaminophen (generic Tylenol), Ibuprofen (generic Advil), and Benadryl
for allergic reactions may be dispensed in the nurse’s office at the
discretion of the school nurse, and with the permission of the parent
or guardian. A check off area for these medications is included on the
emergency card.
- Parents or guardians of students with life-threatening allergies should
provide to the nurse each school year an "Emergency Allergy Plan"
and any needed emergency medications.
Physician's Order for Prescription
and Over-The-Counter Medications Form
Self-Administered Emergency
Medication Form
Emergency Allergy Plan
Form - for life-threatening allergies
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